Performance Analysis of an Experimental Linear Encoder’s Reading Head under Different Mounting and Dynamic Conditions

Donatas Gurauskis, Krzysztof Przystupa (), Artūras Kilikevičius, Mikołaj Skowron (), Matijošius Jonas, Joanna Michałowska and Kristina Kilikevičienė
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Donatas Gurauskis: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus Str. 28, 03224 Vilnius, Lithuania
Krzysztof Przystupa: Department of Automation, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Artūras Kilikevičius: Institute of Mechanical Science, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus Str. 28, 03224 Vilnius, Lithuania
Mikołaj Skowron: Department of Electrical and Power Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Matijošius Jonas: Institute of Mechanical Science, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus Str. 28, 03224 Vilnius, Lithuania
Joanna Michałowska: The Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The University College of Applied Science in Chelm, Pocztowa 54, 22-100 Chełm, Poland
Kristina Kilikevičienė: Institute of Mechanical Science, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanavičiaus Str. 28, 03224 Vilnius, Lithuania

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: The performance of an optical linear encoder is described and evaluated by certain parameters such as its resolution, accuracy and repeatability. The best encoder for a particular application, just like other sensors, is usually selected according these parameters. There are, however, many side effects that have a direct influence on the optimal operation of an encoder. In order to understand how to minimize these harmful effects, a deeper knowledge of an encoder’s performance and a method for determining these factors are necessary. The main aspects of an encoder’s accuracy, resolution and repeatability are briefly reviewed in this paper. Discussed and developed in previous work, the experimental reading head for a Moiré effect-based optical linear encoder is used for the experimental analysis of the influence of different reading head designs on an encoder’s performance under various mounting inaccuracies and dynamic conditions.

Keywords: optical encoder; moiré effect; reading head; measuring scale; grating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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